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Another Dreadnought fan, I am very happy with this....
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paws4thot commented on
Introducing new guest blogger: April Daniels
Well nannyware blocks your .com so I only "know you" in text form....
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Robert Prior commented on
Introducing new guest blogger: April Daniels
fantasies are inevitably shaped by the environment which is polluted with ads One of the points I liked about the book was how you explicitly mentioned this. Kids learn it in media class, but they usually don't think about how it affects them. Danny's aha moment was well written. I also liked how you kept the relationship/identity stuff front-and-centre. It makes Danny a real teenager (as opposed to An Example For The Author's Preaching). The library is out of money for this year (books closed last week) but we'll be adding both Dreadnought and Sovereign to our collection in the...
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Jean-Léon Moore commented on
Introducing new guest blogger: April Daniels
Yes, which in my own little way I was linking into with the "10 Hottest Transgender Individuals Who Found Success as Female Models" piece. The only way the mainstream can deal, it appears, is to subvert to their own tropes. [Spoiler: that title is pure garbage / crap - if it had not used the word "female" and had a mixture of spectrum, it'd still be a bit icky: but it's full on denying that said "individuals" are actually, you know, women. Badly worded and terrible. Which is why I chose it: but if there were film rights, getting representation...
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Jean-Léon Moore commented on
Introducing new guest blogger: April Daniels
[Ah, translation for older males who probably will be shocked by searches]: 半月 / hangetsu are the basis for the current internet craze for Futanari. Warning - if you search, find you will. Disney it is not. It's also nothing to do with trans+ issues but there's an interesting acceptance phase cross-over....
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JESSICATHOMAS commented on
Introducing new guest blogger: April Daniels
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